Woo Hoo! Sunshine

Thanks for the alternate link, PandaLover,

5:44 pm,
Saw an egg roll within the past 10 minutes and some nice fly-byes.
Partner overhead.

Wow, good catch Cal! With the Flash camera it's harder to catch images of them in flight!

3 eggs

Glad to see all the eggs, PL,
Thank you!

6:25 pm,
Another egg roll with a glimpse.

Hi Cal Found this on the new website. Gives a bit more detail about when Sutton saw the eggs and their best guess for hatching:

12 March: The first egg was seen by our camera when we first activated it on our visit Feb 17. It could have been laid that day or as early as Feb. 14, but either way incubation had not started yet since the birds were off the nest for nearly two hours when he first arrived to observe from a distance. Because egg laying had started and is a critical time for desertion due to too much disturbance, we left and did not visit again until March 4, at which time we knew the clutch would be fully complete with the female in full incubation--still, a risky time for disturbance. The second egg could have been laid on Feb 17 after our visit that day (although we don't think so owing to her absence and behavior observed from a distance upon our arrival) or as late as Feb 20, and the third egg as late as Feb 23. Incubation might have started, at least initially with slight warming with the second egg, or full incubation with the third egg. So we are strictly guessing that incubation started about Feb 20, but it could have been as much later as Feb 23. We know that external pipping (the breaking of a tiny hole in the shell from inside using the chick's egg tooth as a reflex resulting from buildup of carbon dioxide) occurs in Bald Eagles at about 33.5 days of incubation, followed by about 48-72 hours of chick resting, before a 30 minute to 2 hour turning in the shell and breakout by the chick to greet the world and his or her parents. Allowing about 35 days total, we should look for hatching of the eggs on or about March 26-30 (although they could hatch slightly earlier). Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well with the eggs.

Source: http://suttoncenter.org/pages/2009_nest ... nformation

Good morning Sooners,

Great info, PandaLover. Thank you.

8:08 am,
Sunshine galore!


8:14 am,
Egg roll but not a glimpse of the eggs; maybe next time.

Hi Cal This nest has such an intriguing history!

Sunshine galore for now! Today and tomorrow supposed to be in the 60's and 70's, BUT (this being Oklahoma), storms are in the forecast for Friday night and into Saturday.... and Saturday's high is only supposed to be in the 30's! Hmmm, first day of Spring doesn't sound so Spring-like

Sooner Eagles, enjoy the sunshine while it lasts

Nest Exchange 11AM ~ they sat together for quite awhile!


He is peeking out from under her feathers


And off she goes!